3.60 Benjamin R. Merkle, Stephen Wellum, David Schrock • Interview • "Big Ed, Too Big to Fail"

3.59 – Merkle Interview Show Notes   Timestamps ·     00:36 – Intro ·     03:14 – How Dr. Merkle Became the President of New Saint Andrews ·     06:43 – What is the Crisis of Higher Education? ·     09:25 – What is the Idea of ‘Big Ed’? ·     13:38 – Looking at Education as Parent and Fellow Educator ·     20:13 – Christian Universities Mirroring ‘Big Ed’ ·     23:08 – How Many Christian Universities Are Saying We Need to Move to the Right? ·     24:17 – Don’t Take Government Funds ·     27:52 – Government Coercion and Accreditation ·     30:47 – What is Unique About New Saint Andrews? ·     34:34 – What about Someone Who Wants to Pursue Liberal Arts? ·     36:38 – What Models Influenced NSA? ·     41:16 – What Is Necessary to Begin Thinking about Providing This Type of Education? ·     43:18 – Do We Include Local Churches as a Necessary Element? ·     44:11 – How Does Gender Play a Part in NSA’s Model of Education? ·     50:24 – Closing Thoughts and Outro   Resources to Click ·     “⁠Encore: Big Ed, Too Big to Fail”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle ·     ⁠“What’s the Problem With Federal Loans?”⁠ – Benjamin Merkle ·     ⁠“The Financially Sustainable University: The Lost Decade”⁠ – Mark Krafft, Tom Dretler, and Jeff Selingo ·     ⁠“Higher Ed Must Change or Die”⁠ – Jason Wingard ·     ⁠“Student Loans Cost Taxpayers $645 Billion More Than We Were Told”⁠ – Andrew Gillen ·     ⁠CTEEReport Fall 2021⁠ ·     ⁠“The Great Interruption”⁠ – Bill Conley and Robert Massa ·     “⁠Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education⁠” – Nathan D. Grawe ·     “⁠Who Is Ruining Our Universities? Administrators!”⁠ – Richard Vedder ·     ⁠SHEEO FY 2018 Report⁠ ·     ⁠Trends in Student Aid Report 2018⁠ ·     ⁠“Average Student Loan Debt 2024”⁠ – Jennifer Calonia ·     ⁠“Student Loan Debt Statistics”⁠ – Melanie Hanson ·     ⁠“The Uncomfortable Truth about Campus Rape Policy”⁠ – Emily Yoffe ·     ⁠Theme of the Month: The Kingdom of God⁠ ·     ⁠Give to Support the Work⁠   Books to Read ·     ⁠Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded Truth for a Leftist Agenda⁠ – Megan Basham